Liezel Once

Liezel Once

Mortgage Professional America

Liezel Once

Mortgage Journalist

10 years experience146,586 Total views on Mortgage Professional America in 2025

Liezel's specialty topics

Housing and mortgage market analysis Broker industry news Financial services

Liezel Once is a journalist with Mortgage Professional America and Canadian Mortgage Professional, covering key issues and trends across the North American mortgage and financial services industry.

She brings to her reporting a solid foundation in broadcast journalism, having worked as a news writer and reporter across radio, television, and digital platforms. Her coverage has spanned high-stakes beats including national security, economic affairs, and disaster response.

Liezel has also contributed to business, technology, and future-of-work coverage for a global BPO marketplace, further deepening her expertise in industry-focused journalism.

Outside the newsroom, Liezel feeds her curiosity through travel, and language learning — she is currently studying Korean and has a particular passion for concert trips that take her to new destinations.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I approach every mortgage story the way I approached broadcast journalism — lead with what matters, cut what doesn't, and never make the reader work for the point. In a sector as technical as North American mortgage and financial services, clarity isn't a courtesy; it's the job. My PR background taught me how institutions want to be heard, but my journalism instincts keep me focused on what brokers and lenders actually need to know.”

Also published by

Outsource Accelerator · Insurance Business Canada · Canadian Mortgage Professional

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Previous experience

  • Key Media — Mortgage Journalist
  • Outsource Accelerator — News and PR Associate
  • DZRH News — News anchor/reporter/producer/writer/researcher

Education

  • B.A. in Broadcast Communication, Polytechnic University of the Philippines

Read the latest stories by Liezel

Mortgage rates hit seven-week low as Fed hike threat grows

Four weeks of falling rates offer brokers some breathing room, but a hot inflation print threatens to cut it short

Mortgage rates hit seven-week low as Fed hike threat grows

Seller’s markets shrink to just 3 metros in October

Sellers outnumber homebuyers by 70.5% nationwide in October, the widest gap in Redfin’s records since at least 2013

Seller’s markets shrink to just 3 metros in October

Home prices slide for fourth straight week as mortgage payments ease

Redfin data shows the median sale price down 0.9% year over year as monthly mortgage costs dip to a six-week low

Home prices slide for fourth straight week as mortgage payments ease

ARM share reaches record high as October mortgage locks fall 19%

Optimal Blue data shows FHA gaining share and first-time buyers at 45% of conforming purchase locks amid falling volume

ARM share reaches record high as October mortgage locks fall 19%

VA loan advantage cuts four years off your veteran clients’ wait

New data reveals a four-year head start for veteran homebuyers, but most still don’t know the zero-down benefit exists

VA loan advantage cuts four years off your veteran clients’ wait

Fed rate hike odds hit 100% as Waller floats bigger December move

All futures traders now price in a December move, with Waller warning inflation breadth could force a 50-basis-point jump

Fed rate hike odds hit 100% as Waller floats bigger December move

Mortgage rates set to rise as October CPI tops forecasts

Hotter-than-expected inflation could add fresh pressure on mortgage rates and affordability

Mortgage rates set to rise as October CPI tops forecasts

Fed’s Daly signals more rate hikes

San Francisco Fed president warns American workers face a treadmill of high inflation as wages fail to keep pace

Fed’s Daly signals more rate hikes

Off-market investor bids jump as private deal competition grows

iFinder Offers data shows average investor bids for residential properties have risen three straight years

Off-market investor bids jump as private deal competition grows

Treasury yields rise as CPI data tests mortgage rate outlook

A hotter-than-expected October jobs report pushed bond markets higher; fresh inflation data could extend the pressure on home loan costs

Treasury yields rise as CPI data tests mortgage rate outlook